The 15-year-old radio/CD/I-Pod (I know!) dock that lived in the kitchen and provided the soundtrack to our lives, especially to the puppy kids while we were at school/work.
The online work-related interface, which kept locking me out claiming the confirmation email I provided did not match although I was copy-pasting!
Trying Hard:
My 17-year-old who has finally decided to take driver education classes and finds themselves in a class full of freshmen and sophomores.
The three green tomatoes I found in the veggie plot who seem to have decided, despite the lateness of the year, that they'd give it a shot.
To Try:
Plant lasagna. or how to layer bulbs in planters for year-round blooms. I mean, I already do something like this when I press hyacinth bulbs into planters and forget until they begin to bloom and scent the whole room (and then it's such a delightful surprise) but this is for the outside.
Honey-Harissa Chickpeas and then if it didn't already sound awesome, the rec is that you top it with Greek yogurt and mint.
Pic: Three green tomatoes at the end of October.
11 comments:
Good luck to Nu in the drivers' ed class. Neither of my kids has succeeded in learning to drive yet and I don't have a lot of ground to stand on when I encourage them to give it another try because I don't drive either. Poor Beth is the only driver in the house.
We have a dwindling supply of green cherry tomatoes. I check them every day looking for a tinge of yellow, then I bring one or two inside to finish ripening. There's a full-size green tomato that's been hanging out on the vine for weeks with no sign of ripening, too. I may pick it green and put it in a paper bag with an apple and see what happens.
It's so strange to me how reluctant young people are to drive now. My generation could not wait to take driver's ed and get a license at 16. I wonder why things have changed so much. A license meant real freedom to us. I guess most young people connect in other ways now and don't have to go out and about to "hang out"?
I don't know if I agree with Nance. I didn't want to drive, either and only got my license about three days before I left for college. It only meant freedom if you had a car and money for gas, which I most certainly did not!
Well, I'll chime in- my son got his driver's license right before he left for college, and my daughter will be 16 in December and still doesn't have any desire to get her permit. Fine! One less thing for me to worry about (for now.). Our car insurance is already through the roof- the last thing we need is another driver. But congrats to Nu for taking that step- it is pretty important to get your license EVENTUALLY.
You'll have to let us know how that chickpea dish is- it sounds delicious.
After At's car crash and consequent decision not to drive, Nu had decided not to drive too. Not sure if this decision will stick!
We've had some frost already, so these may just go to seed if I don't bring them in soon. I like your paper bag idea, Steph!
Thanks!
That's certainly true, Nance. Because this is midwest and we don't have great public transport, however, most of my kids' friends drive. I'm afraid my kids mooch of their friends a great deal. I'm constantly nudging them to offer gas money etc.
I do enjoy "car-talk" time with my kids--but on days when I'm bone tired, I wish I could just send them on their way without having to *drive* them there.
I learned to drive purely as a life skill too. I didn't have my own car until many years after!
I do feel like driving is a good life skill to have. But then so is swimming, and I can't swim. Haha.
Engie--I am quite a bit older than you, remember!
*off
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